สหัสนัยน์
Thai
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Pali sahassanayana (literally “thousand eyes”), from sahassa (“thousand”) + nayana (“eye”); equivalent to Thai สหัส + นัยน์ (nai); from the legend that the god Indra was cursed by the sage Gautama to have a thousand vulvae on his body after committing adultery with the sage's wife, Ahalyā, but the vulvae were later turned into eyes.
Pronunciation
[edit]| Orthographic | สหัสนัยน์ s h ạ s n ạ y n ʻ | |
| Phonemic | สะ-หัด-สะ-ไน s a – h ạ ɗ – s a – ai n | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | sà-hàt-sà-nai |
| Royal Institute | sa-hat-sa-nai | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /sa˨˩.hat̚˨˩.sa˨˩.naj˧/(R) | |
Proper noun
[edit]สหัสนัยน์ • (sà-hàt-sà-nai)